Deadly habits or deadly treatment?
While I was going through the cover story article of "Star Weekend Magazine" of 25th November, 2005 I was shocked like anything reading the story of a farmer family of Rupsha Upazila. If the case be so then I will have no other view but blaming our health care system. Some illiterate, derailed people are only being blamed for spreading diseases like HIV, AIDS, and HCV etc. But again referring to the starting tragic story of the whole family being affected by HIV through blood transmission I like to blame our national health system for its irresponsibility. I can't understand why a strict discipline is not being maintained all through before pushing blood through intravenous injection. Both blood and syringe can only be checked and guaranteed by the authority. How can we expect discipline or caution from the indigenous, unconscious section of people until the authority is sincere. I think only the authority has the whole thing to do at least in case of transmitting blood. We are unnecessarily beating about the bush. I don't know why the famous satirical poem "JUTA ABISKAR" of Rabindranath Tagore bubbles up in my mind.
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